On tap at Ambulance, ruby red moderate-bodied ‘wild ale’ retains Seltzer-fizzed Sweet-Tart candied frontage and watermelon Jolly Rancher continuance, gaining candy apple-glazed raspberry-blackberry sweetness to counter salty citrus acidity.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN BLACKWATER BAY SCHWARZBIER
On tap at Ambulance, dry Black patent-malted dark chocolate roast fades quickly as murky licorice-stained toffee sweetness and distant Brazil nut/ walnut illusions flutter. Better than OK.
SKYGAZER WATERCOLORS PSYCHEDELIC DAYDREAM 1
On tap at Taphouse 15, sweet-tart fruited sour Smoothie (with salt-licked Berliner Weiss-related lactic acidity) braces its tangy tangerine, guava and peach adjuncts, subtle caramelized banana pureeing and dainty kiwi-mango snips with milk-sugared vanilla creaming. Marshmallow-fluffed chewiness enriches tropical fruited vibrancy, finishing like a sour-creamed ambrosia salad.
STONE DOWNUNDERSTRUCK IMPERIAL IPA
“Exotic tropical fruiting” of re-created 2023 version of 2015 19th anniversary celebrator allows sunny lemon-peeled yellow grapefruit bittering to aggressively linger alongside floral perfumed spicing, bark-dried pining, ascending juniper bite and mild peppery herbage, picking up juicy pineapple, peach and orange tanginess then given stiff vodka-whisked 9% ABV.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN THE OCHO
On tap at Ambulance, soft-tongued creaminess gains Fruity Pebbles likeness for experimental Idaho-based Ocho hop-derived moderation. Dainty honeyed citrus continuance leaves lemony orange, grapefruit and tangerine serenity on mild resinous pine settling above rice-sugared oats base.
AURORA LITTLE LOBSTER NEIPA
On tap at Ambulance, standard IPA lacks stylish fruit-soured oated creaming of New England misnomer. Adjunctive wildflower honeyed bittering absorbs dry yellow grapefruit and orange rind pungency and mild pineapple-guava tartness above grassy hop stead, but musky piney-hopped dry pale malting remains murky.
ROOT + BRANCH PRIMA MATERIA NEW ENGLAND PALE ALE
On tap at Taphouse 15, sunshiny dry-hopped New England pale ale recalls its ‘bigger’ IPA styling as bittersweet grapefruit-peeled pineapple tang and mildly salted gooseberry-guava souring reach creamy oated wheat base.
ROOT + BRANCH BONE IN THE THROAT
On tap at Taphouse 15, stylishly steadfast beige yellow-hazed NEIPA retains lightly salted limey grapefruit bittering plus orange-juiced mango, peach and guava twang given dank cannabis resin over creamy oated wheat base.
WELDWERKS RESIDENT WELDER HAZY IPA
Welding West Coast-styled citrus pined bittering to less prominent New England-styled oated wheat creaming and salted guava souring, its bright orange peel sweetness, tangy yellow grapefruit persistence and zesty lemon sunshine provide polished citric refinement to its ultra-dry pale malting.
MONKISH RIBBIDY DIDDIBY TRIPLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, hazy golden NEIPA lets dry grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and dank cannabis resin settle above mildly creamed oated wheat base. Distant melon, white grape, guava and passionfruit illusions flutter.
BURLINGTON BEER PURPLE PUNCH DOUBLE IPA
Bright, crisp, clean IPA features cannabis-oiled Purple Punch terpenes that bring uniquely fulfilling juniper-embittered yellow grapefruit juicing, sweet orange peeled lemon zesting, tannic redcurrant-soured guava swipe and red cherry daubs to sugary pale malts, leaving dry pine resin on the backend.
THREE FLOYDS SLAPASAURUS
On tap at Ambulance, dry ‘Imperial’ combines Old Style West Coast IPA’s desiccated orange oiling and piney hop resin with musky English-styled IPA’s dank herbal pungency, rustic brown-leafed astringency and raw honeyed bittering for murkily defined whimsicality.
